What did we learn during the holidays? Politics and turkey certainly do not mix, especially in the wake of a divisive presidential election. However, opposing political viewpoints and holiday ham work remarkably well onstage, particularly in Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities. Set in Palm Springs, California, Baitz’s critically acclaimed 2011…
The narrow gaps between letters on our keyboard are vile graveyards for curly black whiskers with hints of gray and even red. But all of this lost facial fuzz tells a story, one of stressful days at work spent anxiously twirling the hairs on our chinny-chin-chins in an effort to…
Crunk, where’d it come from? You’d be a fool to believe that it’s a modern phenomenon. In fact, scripture says that God herself was so tired of building an entire planet in just six days that she spent the seventh “Smokin’ Out” with Project Pat and learning ’bout crunk music…
He’s a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. But in the restaurant business, Sir Eric Clapton is Hard Rock Café. Throughout the 1970s, Clapton was a regular patron at the first Hard Rock in London. But by 1979, the…
Do you ever miss Burdines? Us too. Especially shopping for husky jeans with our abuelita while her sweet, reassuring Cuban voice reminds us que husky no significa gordo, just healthy. But like grandma, Burdines passed away in the mid-’00s. Once the gold standard of Florida ready-to-wear clothes, fine linens, miscellaneous…
When Nick Saban left Louisiana State University in 2004 to skipper the Miami Dolphins back to competitive relevancy in 2005, he mistakenly assumed he was cut out for the NFL. Though the Dolphins finished 9-7 that year, the team missed the playoffs. A year later, Miami seemingly missed the entire…
Luke Bryan, as Part of the Bud Light Championship Game Day Fan Zone, at Sun Life Stadium January 7
Jam Cruise 11 Pre-Party at Revolution Live January 6
Society’s inexplicable obsession with Justin Bieber cost a man his life in Los Angeles. And the Biebz says a lack of “meaningful legislation” is to blame. According to CNN, a paparazzo, whose name has not been released, was struck by oncoming traffic as he attempted to walk across Interstate 405…
If you’re reading this, it’s not alcohol poising, just a really bad hangover. Stay strong. Stay positive. There are 365.25 glorious days collectively known as 2013 left until Planet Earth completes a full orbit around Mr. Sunshine. It’s only going to get better. Crossfade caught a glimpse of the future…
Fiscal Cliff? Boring. But celebrity baby announcements? Now that’s what we call news. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are having a baby! Last night, the 35-year-old rapper channeled his inner Ricky Ricardo, dedicating part of his Atlantic City concert to his “Perfect Bitch” and her childbearing hips. “Stop the music…
He was asking for a “big booty ho” on his birthday, but we’re pretty positive that 2 Chaniz wrote Santa for a couple of “dem strippers” this Christmas. The lucky bastard just booked a gig at New Time’s favorite strip club, King of Diamonds. Hip-hop’s explicitly heterosexual equivalent of disco’s…
There’s nothing funny about an explosion. And for that matter, there’s nothing funny about earthquakes either. Well, unless it’s a Comedy Explosion. In that case, laughter is OK, even encouraged. But that’s the only exception to the rule. So when comedian Earthquake joins fellow funnymen Arnez J., Rickey Smiley, J…
B.B. King’s New Year’s Eve at Broward Center for the Performing Arts December 31
Bright Light Social Hour at Culture Room December 30
Life in Color at Miami Beach Convention Center December 28
Each year ’round the holidays, Crossfade readies itself to receive an influx of letters from Miami-Dade County hip-hop heads asking the one question that plagues rap fans around the country: What should we stuff our favorite rapper’s stocking with this year? Well, rather than replying to each letter individually, we’ve…
UPDATE The World Music Awards just got canceled and exposed as a con. But WMA organizers are blaming “visa issues” and the Newtown shooting. That $515 million ballpark in Little Havana that Miami-Dade taxpayers helped build for Major League Baseball’s biggest joke, Jeffery Loria’s Miami Marlins, is finally being put…
There are about a billion reasons why Big Night in Little Haiti was New Times’ 2012 pick for Best Festival, including collaborative street art projects, Rara Lakay’s vuvuzela parade, and museum-caliber art exhibits. This Friday from 6 to 10 p.m., Little Ayiti comes together for a night of Caribbean arts…
Carrie Underwood at BB&T Center December 22
End of Days Party at Grand Central December 21
SkaPocalypse at Talent Farm Studios December 21
